Higher FVF on books? Why?

[glorybells]

Just curious - does anyone have any idea why the FVF for books is 12% when most other categories are 10%?

[koinonia215]

Because they can.....

[candd205]

I have no idea why, but my guess is because it's cheap to send books.

[cumos55]

Many new sellers choose to sell books  at very low prices.  and most likely the FVF was too low to have these listings on eBay 

[slufstuff]

So my multi hundred dollar collectors books get raped just to offset the 99cent cheap books? The MPS is not the only reason I am not selling on ebay after the cutoff.

[worldwide*local*guy]

It could be worse- I think Amazon takes 15% on books!

[readabouthorses]

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@candd205 wrote:

I have no idea why, but my guess is because it's cheap to send books.

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But the Magazines got caught up in this and they cannot be sent cheaply by Media Mail.

[uncseniorsportsfan]

Probably because the average price of books as well as media mail shipping is lower than other categories, and maybe because of what Amazon charges.

[doubledz-a2z]

I used to sell media stuff on Amazon and there was alot less work to list an item.    Items needed to be in the catalog.  All the info along with a decent photo was there for you with no extra work.   Less time equals more fees?

[luckythewinner]

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@slufstuff wrote:

So my multi hundred dollar collectors books get raped just to offset the 99cent cheap books? The MPS is not the only reason I am not selling on ebay after the cutoff.

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A decade or so ago, the FVF on Media was 13%. 

That aside ...

I'm not sure a 12% FVF percentage (on a site you can avoid, if you wish) is comparable to that sort of assault.  

[cumos55]

That was when a FVF of 13 % was applied only to the cost of the item.

Then some sellers dropped the price of the item to $1.00  and increased the cost of shipping.....to offset this drop in cost of the item.

That is when eBay placed a FVF on the cost of shipping as well as the cost of the item.